#EDD462#EDD462

#EDD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.136 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD462
RGB	rgb(237, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -4.75, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 58.58, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0167 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.136 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6756, 65.9761, 21.0915)
Luminance	0.6597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD462 #627BED

analogous

#ED8E62 #EDD462 #C0ED62

triadic

#EDD462 #62EDD4 #D462ED

tetradic

#EDD462 #62ED8E #627BED #ED62C0

square

#EDD462 #62ED8E #627BED #ED62C0

split-complementary

#EDD462 #62C0ED #8E62ED

monochromatic

#BFA016 #E7C52B #EDD462 #F3E399 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#EDD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD462

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD462	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.136 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e092',
    500: '#edd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd462;
$custom-light: #f6e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86896,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD462

secondary

#364EBD

accent

#30DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD462

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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